Hilton or Westin

After reading some of the reviews on the Westin Grand, Westin Embassy Circle, Capital Hilton and the Hilton Embassy Row, I cannot decide which hotel is the nicest. Doesn%26#39;t seem like one is better then the other. Does anyone have any input? We are only there 2 nights and our purpose in visiting DC is to look at colleges in the area. I am trying to stick with one of the above 4 hotels so I can use my points. Thanks

Hilton or Westin

Well--they%26#39;re all 3-diamond properties. The Westin Grand is on the edge of Georgetown. IMO, this would be a good place to stay if you are looking at both GU and GWU--although it is closer to GWU. Otherwise, all the hotels are near Metro stations so getting around will be easy.

Hilton or Westin

Westin would be better. There are a lot of universities and colleges in the area and the majority of them are metro accessible/metro bus or a short cab ride from your hotel. Not that the Hilton isn%26#39;t good and not near the metro it just isn%26#39;t what it used to be.

-Georgetown University isn%26#39;t metro accessible but there is a Shuttle bus that runs every 20 minutes at the Dupont Circle Metro Station on Q Street exit. At the corner of 20th and Mass. Avenue, that will take you directly to the main campus. They used to ask for Student/Staff ID but they haven%26#39;t in about 1 year visitors are more than welcomed to get on these shuttles. Good convenient and no stops. This stop is a block or so away from the hotel. You could see a lot of the side streets of Georgetown and Dupont Circle as well, nice ride.

-George Washington University is right on the Foggy Bottom Metro Station so that would be good.

-American university is on the Tenleytown/American Univ. Metro station.

-Univ. Of Maryland College Park is on the Green Line and then get off at College Park-UMD station

-George Mason Univ is on the orange line in Fairfax, couple of stops for them look at the map for the closer one.

They%26#39;re all about equal, but I agree that the Capital Hilton would be the first one to get ruled out. It%26#39;s a good location for visiting the sites, but if you plan to spend more time at the colleges, you%26#39;re probably better off at one of the other properties. If the points are equal, I%26#39;d probably go with the Westin Embassy Row, but if you can spend less points at one of the other properties, I think you%26#39;ll do fine at any of them.

If you visit American Univ, you will need to take a shuttle from Tenleytown to the main campus. But I don%26#39;t think you need a student ID (at least you didn%26#39;t last time I used it a few years ago).

At the Univ of Maryland, you will also have to take a shuttle to the campus. For the shuttle from the metro to campus you definitely don%26#39;t need student ID. (I know that for sure because I went to grad school there when I first moved to the DC area!)